We are embarking on the “Age of Female Entrepreneurialism” in this country.
That profound optimism is owned by Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women, and Ellevate Network, a global professional women’s organization of more than 34,000 members.
Read MoreYou can squeeze a lot of leadership lessons out of 27 years in the fresh juice business. Marygrace Sexton, CEO of Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co., a Florida-based company serving customers is in 30 states and 24 countries, is willing and eager to do just that.
Read MoreBut whoever said it was right. Having been through many wins and losses, I can vouch for that. I offer it as balm if you are pained by the election results and as caution if you’re pleased with the outcome.
Read MoreEveryone wants to have cordial relationships at work; everyone wants to be liked. No one wants to be the hated boss or co-worker. No one wants to avoid someone in the office because of her unpredictability.
Read MoreIt’s always something. Whether you are feeling stress because of external factors outside of work in the form of breaking news, the economic climate or family issues, or whether you are pressed by internal factors including anxiety about performance, deadlines and perhaps even downsizing, stress arrives.
Read MoreOn Thanksgiving Day this week, many friends and family members will go around the table or the room and express what has inspired gratitude this year, and give a shout out to what and who makes them feel grateful. Or many will send emails, texts and leave voice mails of gratitude for those in different parts of the world.
Read MoreThe deliberate push for more women leaders in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math has been expanding for the past decade. The movement begins with girls in grade schools, moving through universities and academia into C-suites of innovation and technology start-ups.
Read MoreThe 11.3 million women-owned firms in this country are performing five times better than the national average of businesses, employing close to 9 million people and generating over $1.6 trillion in revenues, according to the latest American Express OPEN report.
Read MoreSure, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again. We have all the sports clichés and the war metaphors to bandy about, plus a closet-full of trite sayings about winners and losers and how losing makes you stronger.
Read MoreAlmost a decade ago, Carnegie Mellon professors Sarah Laschever and Linda Babcock found that men ask for raises and promotions four times more than women do. Their research has now been cited so often that it’s just about become popular wisdom.
Read MoreA position in management does not land on you when you open the window.
In media leadership, strategies to achieve a higher position in management take intention and purpose, according to speakers at a gathering of more than 200 women in media at the recent Journalism & Women Symposium annual conference and mentoring project in Roanoke, Va.
Read MoreWe all intend to love our jobs, embrace our workplace culture and work happily ever after. Many of us are just seeking fairness at work.
But what do you do if you find yourself in a workplace that does you wrong?
You make it right.
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